Scope and new horizons for implementation of m-Health/e-Health services in pulmonology in 2019

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2019 Nov 21;89(3). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2019.1112.

Abstract

The reason for this review based on the results of many meta- analyses is the great assessed difference in the methods of most studies in e-Health, telemedicine and tele-rehabilitation. It consists of different understanding of new terms, using different hard- and software, including criteria, different methodology of patient's treatment and its evaluation. This status suggests that first of all m-Health/e-Health requires a unique ontology of terms using and methodology of studies comparing. In this review we try to describe shortly the most significant points of modern e-Health field of medicine. The basic parts include methodology of review formation, tele-communication implementation results, tele-education, interactive questioning, tele-consultation, telemedicine diagnosis, tele-monitoring, rehabilitation and tele-rehabilitation, gamification, acceptability of mobile electronic devices and software in e-Health and planning studies. At the end of the review the new ontological structure of digital medicine is presented.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Decision-Making / methods
  • Computers
  • Diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Medical History Taking / methods
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Patient Education as Topic / methods
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Pulmonary Medicine / methods*
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Rehabilitation / methods
  • Software
  • Telemedicine / organization & administration*